To Autumn

John Keats

1. What type of poem is "To Autumn"?

Ans: The poem “To Autumn” is an ode.

2. How does Keats define Autumn?

Ans: Keats defines Autumn as the season of mist and mellow fruitfulness.

3. What is the first line of "Autumn"?

Ans: The first line of "Autumn" is “Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,”.

4. What kind of season is autumn?

Ans: Autumn is a season of mist and mellow fruitfulness.

5. Why is Autumn called the season of mists?

Ans: Autumn is called the season of mists because of the fogs that gather at the dawns and in the mornings and evenings.

6. Why is Autumn called the season of mellow fruitfulness?

Ans: Autumn is called the season of mellow fruitfulness because various tasty fruits ripen to the core in this season in a large number.

7. Who is the close bosom friend of maturing sun?

Ans: Autumn is the close bosom friend of maturing sun.

8. What are the bounties of Autumn?

Ans: The bounties of Autumn are the vines, apples, gourd, hazel shells and honey flowers.

9. What is sensuousness? 

Ans: Sensuousness is the way of perception through five senses.

10. Who contribute to the music of Autumn according to Keats?

Ans: According to Keats, shallows, lambs, gnats, crickets and red-breast contribute to the music of Autumn.

11. Name the birds mentioned in the poem "To Autumn"?

Ans: Redbreast and swallow are the birds mentioned in the poem "To Autumn". 

12. What musical sounds does autumn offer?

Ans: Musical sounds that Autumn offers are a wailful choir of the small gnats, loud bleating of full-grown lambs, hedge crickets’ song, whistles of the red-breast and the twitter of swallows.

13. Who are the singers of Autumn? 

Ans: The gnats, lambs, crickets, robins and the shallows are the singers of Autumn.

14. What is negative capability?

Ans: Negative capability is the capacity of the greatest writers to pursue a vision of artistic beauty even when it leads them into intellectual confusion and uncertainty.

15. Who first used the expression 'Negative capability'?

Ans: Keats first used the expression 'Negative capability'.

16. Define Onomatopoeia with an example.

Ans: Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech in which a word indicates a particular sound. Example: gurgle

17. What is aphorism?

Ans: Aphorism is the short and wise saying.

18. Define Oxymoron with an example. 

Ans: An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two seemingly opposing and contradictory elements are juxtaposed. An example of oxymoron is ‘horrible beauty’.

19. Who is the most romantic of all romantics?

Ans: John Keats is the most romantic of all romantics.